Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Albert Camus; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. He wrote in his essay The Rebel that his whole life was devoted to opposing the philosophy of nihilism while still delving deeply into individual freedom. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 November 1913
CountryFrance
thinking stories life-is
life is a story and god is author.life is absurd.I think so.
reform tasks generations
Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself.
men every-man
Rule: Start by looking for what is valid in every man.
giving-up female charm
Give up the tyranny of female charm.
men matter life-is
To lose one's life is no great matter; when the time comes I'll have the courage to lose mine. But what's intolerable is to see one's life being drained of meaning, to be told there's no reason for existing. A man can't live without some reason for living.
names yesterday long
I hadn't understood how days could be both long and short at the same time: long to live through, maybe, but so drawn out that they ended up flowing into one another. They lost their names. Only 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow' still had any meaning for me.
believe struggle mean
Do you believe in God, doctor?" No - but what does that really mean? I'm fumbling in the dark, struggling to make something out. But I've long ceased finding that original.
passion liberty three
I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.
men reason existence
There are always reasons for murdering a man. But there is no justification for his existence.
realization life-is absurd
The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.
lying
Freedom is the right to never have to lie.
lying men greatness
The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.
war drama commitment
He had been bored, that's all, bored like most people. Hence he had made himself out of whole cloth a life full of complications and drama. Something must happen - and that explains most human commitments. Something must happen, even loveless slavery, even war or death. Hurray then for funerals!
light able pleasure
I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.